Firefox for Android long press not displaying popup menu.

Often when I Iong press a link, the popup menu doesn't display. Not matter how long I hold the link or how many times I try, nothing happens.
I'm on Android 4.0.3

Updated Firefox to the latest version (v37) and it does seem better however, it still isn't 100%. Tried duckduckgo for instance and a long press didn't work.
Oddly, if I visit a link on the page and hit the back button once it's loaded, long pressing nearly always starts working.

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